Table 1.
Thickness, water vapor permeability (WVP) and mechanical properties of nanocomposite starch films.
| Starch Film Sample | Thickness (μm) |
WVP (10−10 g/m s Pa) |
Mechanical Properties | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E(%) | TS (MPa) | EM (MPa) | |||
| AgNP in situ | 97.3 ± 1.2 b | 1.38 ± 0.05 b | 32.5 ± 0.7 a | 5.8 ± 0.3 c | 15.2 ± 1.3 b |
| AgNP L | 102.7 ± 3.9 c | 0.63 ± 0.07 a | 40.0 ± 5.6 b | 4.0 ± 0.6 b | 14.2 ± 1.8 b |
| Control | 87.9 ± 5.0 a | 2.9 ± 0.1 c | 32.7 ± 0.8 a | 2.9 ± 0.2 a | 3.7 ± 0.6 a |
E: elongation at break, TS: tensile strength and EM: elasticity modulus). Means ± SD values are presented. Different letters within the same column indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).